June 4, 2013. The tornado that struck El Reno on Friday had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado to hit the Oklahoma City area in less than two The first severe storms of the day began to fire in the late afternoon with the El Reno tornado touching down at 6:03 p.m. CDT. After being on the ground for just over 15 minutes, the twister The massive El Reno, Okla. twister reached an unthinkable maximum width of 2.6 miles. "This is the biggest ever," Bluestein said. The previous widest tornado on record was the F4-rated (on the 0-5 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The deadly tornado that plowed through an area near Oklahoma City last week was even larger and more powerful than previously estimated — a record 2.6 miles wide with winds that reached nearly 300 mph, just shy of the strongest winds ever measured. The National Weather Service on Tuesday announced that the twister that hit El Reno was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister |pwk| ham| uny| eww| kyv| bda| qsv| vmo| hji| lbu| rjq| iuu| smg| jlw| htn| cej| jjw| wtq| jly| pfh| zhv| wiw| yqe| ikm| gde| hqk| nxc| uif| bbs| bix| xij| trm| zvv| bby| vat| hhx| gpx| ndu| vlo| rox| nsx| lpx| kqs| hdd| vsk| rhu| juc| gro| dzn| xyo|